Happy New Year!!!

Dear All,

Happy New Year! As I didn't get my Christmas letter out in time, please accept my New Year's letter instead. I would like to share one of my favorite quotes of this year --

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away"

What moments have taken your breath away?

What moment comes to your mind when you read this quote? Notice how the moment you just thought about has nothing to do with things, but instead with people .....in your life?

What moment made you laugh, cry, happy, sad or speechless? Think about the moments that have made you rich, not monetarily, but rich in wisdom, passion, knowledge, faith, humor and love. That is what makes you truly wealthy, and not the "things" we all acquire.

So as 2007 draws to a close, I want to thank all of you, because each and everyone of you have given me a special "moment" .

With every best Wish,

Trace

Meet Bambi

Chelsea meets Bambi. Aunt Joanne found this guy in a clothing store in a Sacramento mall and thought he looked like Chelsea. Sooo, she drags us to this store, hunts down this kid, and asks him to pose with Chelsea for a photo.

Nice tats, dude!

P.S. Chelsea, don't ever bring this guy home to meet your father!

Christmas in Folsom

All the cousins went iceskating in downtown Sacramento

Mom, will you stop taking pictures!!


Aunt Gina rented a limo and took us all to Roseville to see an incredible neigborhood Christmas light display

Even my hair hurts today.

The rhythm of life runs in cycles. There are times in the darkness and times in the light.

Everyone gets kicked downs those stairs. This is one of those times.

You must embrace these changes. As difficult as they are, they will pass. But you mustn't bury or deny the darkness. You gotta live thru it; you cannot cheat.